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But a two hour watch may not be long enough to do all you wants; and den, jest t'ink for a moment, should 'e cap'in come on deck and hail'e forecastle, and find us all gone, I wouldn't be in your skin, Jack, for dis brig, in sich a kerlamity.
"Even Yengeese gen'ral hide whip, when he see enemy. Soldier can't fight when back sore. When battle near, den all good friend; when battle over, den flog, flog, flog. Why talk so? Cap'in nebber strike Wyandotté." "Your memory must be short, to say this! I thought an Indian kept a better record of what passed." "No man dare strike Wyandotté!" exclaimed the Indian, with energy.
It finally became as stoical in expression as severe training could render the human countenance, and as unmoved as marble. Then he found the language he wanted. "Listen," said the Indian, sternly. "Cap'in ole man. Got a head like snow on rock. He bold soldier; but he no got wisdom enough for gray hair. Why he put he hand rough, on place where whip strike? Wise man nebber do aat.
Green being summoned, hastily put down the cat and came aft, while Joe, with a full confidence in his friend's powers, edged a few feet away, and listened expectantly as the skipper interrogated him. "Yes, sir, I did tell Joe, sir," he answered, with a reproachful glance at that amateur. "I met Cap'in Flower that evening again, late, an' he told me himself.
"The man was accordingly shown into the presence of the captain, while I listened with both ears to hear what was said. "'Mornin', cap'in, he began; 'I reckon I'm here on time. "'Time! what time? What do you want? inquired the captain, who always spoke very fast, as though he were in a hurry to get through with what he had to say. 'What do you want, my good man. Be lively now.
Tell me, then, all you know about this party at the mill; what has brought it here, how you came to meet my son, and what will be the next step of his captors. Answer the questions in the order in which I put them." "Wyandotté not newspaper to tell ebbery t'ing at once. Let cap'in talk like one chief speaking to anoder." "Then, tell me first, what you know of this party at the mill.
E. can, and if we hear shots cap'in and I will just come in the rear in nick o' time." We sat composedly down to such breakfast as we had, which led to an examination as to what had been brought up. We had plenty of water, bread, yams, and potatoes.
"Where's the commander of this ship?" inquired our captain, stepping up to this individual. "I is cap'in," he answered, taking off his straw hat and making a low bow. "You!" said our captain in surprise. "Where do you come from, and where are you bound? What cargo have you aboard?" "We is come," answered the man with the swallow-tail, "from Aitutaki; we was go for Rarotonga.
When he soldier, and general say shoot ten, forty, t'ousand Frenchmen, den he say; stop, general no hurry let cap'in t'ink. Bye'm-by he'll go and take scalp; eh!" It exceeded our old soldier's self-command not to permit the blood to rush into his face, at this home-thrust; for he felt the cunning of the Indian had involved him in a seeming contradiction.
It was necessary to knock, and this he did in a way effectually to bring a porter. "Who dere?" demanded the elder Pliny, from within. "Good friend open gate. Come wid message from cap'in." The natural distaste to the Indians which existed among the blacks of the Knoll, included the Tuscarora.
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